CVE-2017-11720

critical
Published 2017-07-28 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
VIR risk
9.8

Description

There is a division-by-zero vulnerability in LAME 3.99.5, caused by a malformed input file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
arch archfixed3.100-1
debian debianbookwormfixed3.99.5+repack1-6
debian debianbullseyefixed3.99.5+repack1-6
debian debianforkyfixed3.99.5+repack1-6
debian debiansidfixed3.99.5+repack1-6
debian debiantrixiefixed3.99.5+repack1-6

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
lame_projectlame3.99.5

References

CWEs

CWE-369

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.